While reading about the Olympic Games, a fourth grade class made a list of sports related words and then made a grid to classify the words according to their distinguishing characteristics. Those students participated in a(n):

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The activity described in the question, where students make a grid to classify words based on their distinguishing characteristics, is an example of a semantic feature analysis. This type of activity helps students to understand the meaning of words and how they are related to each other based on shared characteristics. Phonics analysis and Elkonin Boxes are used more for decoding and spelling practice, while context clues involve using surrounding text to infer the meaning of an unknown word.

While Reading About the Olympic Games, a Fourth Grade Class